Prof Nick Stone 🩺🔦🔬🌈📸💻🧠🧬🚦
@profnickstone.bsky.social
Physicist, Raman Spectroscopist, Consultant Clinical Scientist, applying physical science concepts to solve real-world clinical problems.
University of Exeter
https://physics-astronomy.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=ns329
University of Exeter
https://physics-astronomy.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=ns329
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New oesophagus cancer diagnosis test could reduce discovery time to 30 seconds
Tests indicate that a new device could cut diagnosis time from up to two weeks to less than a minute
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New oesophagus cancer diagnosis test could reduce discovery time to 30 seconds inews.co.uk/news/science...
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🎉Happy New Year Everyone!
We're excited this is the year Spring SciX comes to Exeter 😀
🥳Abstracts are already being submitted
🐘Don't forget to submit yours before the closing date (30.01.26)
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We're excited this is the year Spring SciX comes to Exeter 😀
🥳Abstracts are already being submitted
🐘Don't forget to submit yours before the closing date (30.01.26)
forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU
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January 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
🎉Happy New Year Everyone!
We're excited this is the year Spring SciX comes to Exeter 😀
🥳Abstracts are already being submitted
🐘Don't forget to submit yours before the closing date (30.01.26)
forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU
We're excited this is the year Spring SciX comes to Exeter 😀
🥳Abstracts are already being submitted
🐘Don't forget to submit yours before the closing date (30.01.26)
forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU
Excellent summary of how the UK HEI research landscape needs to change to deliver what the country needs and to support the needs of ECRs - re-linking PhDs to cutting edge funded projects is key here wonkhe.com/blogs/a-more... @antonmuscatelli.bsky.social @milespadgett.bsky.social
A more focused research system does not by itself solve structural deficits
Anton Muscatelli and Miles Padgett think through the deeper issues in UK research – from cost recovery and dual support to doctoral training and organisational structure – that won’t be solved by simp...
wonkhe.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Excellent summary of how the UK HEI research landscape needs to change to deliver what the country needs and to support the needs of ECRs - re-linking PhDs to cutting edge funded projects is key here wonkhe.com/blogs/a-more... @antonmuscatelli.bsky.social @milespadgett.bsky.social
#BBC #NewsAtTen #Disappointed to see wrong units for annual energy generated (TW) by renewables being discussed during both main BBC news programmes today, particularly when the BBC website has it right with TWh … here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surely not that hard explaining the units?
Surely not that hard explaining the units?
Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
#BBC #NewsAtTen #Disappointed to see wrong units for annual energy generated (TW) by renewables being discussed during both main BBC news programmes today, particularly when the BBC website has it right with TWh … here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surely not that hard explaining the units?
Surely not that hard explaining the units?
Great to see @arasfly3.bsky.social presenting her excellent work on #Darwin and @nhm-london.bsky.social specimens using #SORS - spatially offset Raman spectroscopy #stfc #RutherfordAppletonLab Hon Academic in #Physics #Biospec @exeter.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great to see @arasfly3.bsky.social presenting her excellent work on #Darwin and @nhm-london.bsky.social specimens using #SORS - spatially offset Raman spectroscopy #stfc #RutherfordAppletonLab Hon Academic in #Physics #Biospec @exeter.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Great to see @arasfly3.bsky.social presenting her excellent work on #Darwin and @nhm-london.bsky.social specimens using #SORS - spatially offset Raman spectroscopy #stfc #RutherfordAppletonLab Hon Academic in #Physics #Biospec @exeter.ac.uk
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🎉Spring SciX 2026 abstract submissions are now open! 🎉
Use forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU to submit your abstract
⚠️Submissions close Friday 30th January 2026 ⚠️
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December 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🎉Spring SciX 2026 abstract submissions are now open! 🎉
Use forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU to submit your abstract
⚠️Submissions close Friday 30th January 2026 ⚠️
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⚠️Submissions close Friday 30th January 2026 ⚠️
@profnickstone.bsky.social @arasfly3.bsky.social
Get planning over Christmas break and add @SpringSciX2026 registration and abstract to your #NewYearResolution
🎉Spring SciX 2026 abstract submissions are now open! 🎉
Use forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU to submit your abstract
⚠️Submissions close Friday 30th January 2026 ⚠️
@profnickstone.bsky.social @arasfly3.bsky.social
Use forms.office.com/e/yvHNkMkDBU to submit your abstract
⚠️Submissions close Friday 30th January 2026 ⚠️
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December 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Get planning over Christmas break and add @SpringSciX2026 registration and abstract to your #NewYearResolution
So glad we were able to bring Prof Tarje Nissen-Meyer to join us in @exeter.ac.uk as part of the #ADAProgramme www.exeter.ac.uk/research/pro... and #EnvironmentalIntelligence
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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So glad we were able to bring Prof Tarje Nissen-Meyer to join us in @exeter.ac.uk as part of the #ADAProgramme www.exeter.ac.uk/research/pro... and #EnvironmentalIntelligence
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Get ready! Abstract submission opening soon! ⏰
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Get ready! Abstract submission opening soon! ⏰
Interesting to spend some time at The Royal Institution today meeting old friends Quentin Pankhurst, Simon Hattersley and new Thanh Nguyen @ucl.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Interesting to spend some time at The Royal Institution today meeting old friends Quentin Pankhurst, Simon Hattersley and new Thanh Nguyen @ucl.ac.uk
New paper out today - really glad to be part of this great CRUK / NL-NKI Funded @crukpolicy.bsky.social #GrandChallenge #DCISPrecision Cross-National Radiomics Validation Using Mammography to Predict Occult Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ | Radiology pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10....
Cross-National Radiomics Validation Using Mammography to Predict Occult Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ | Radiology
Mammographic radiomic features were able to predict occult invasive disease in core-needle biopsy–proven ductal carcinoma in situ in patients from three countries.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New paper out today - really glad to be part of this great CRUK / NL-NKI Funded @crukpolicy.bsky.social #GrandChallenge #DCISPrecision Cross-National Radiomics Validation Using Mammography to Predict Occult Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ | Radiology pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10....
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📢 We are delighted to announce our Spring SciX 2026 Plenary speakers 📢
⭐Prof Thomas Bocklitz (Jena)
⭐Prof Sarah Bohndiek (Cambridge)
⭐Prof Bernhard Lendl (TU Wien)
👀Look out for more updates coming soon! 👀
⭐Prof Thomas Bocklitz (Jena)
⭐Prof Sarah Bohndiek (Cambridge)
⭐Prof Bernhard Lendl (TU Wien)
👀Look out for more updates coming soon! 👀
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📢 We are delighted to announce our Spring SciX 2026 Plenary speakers 📢
⭐Prof Thomas Bocklitz (Jena)
⭐Prof Sarah Bohndiek (Cambridge)
⭐Prof Bernhard Lendl (TU Wien)
👀Look out for more updates coming soon! 👀
⭐Prof Thomas Bocklitz (Jena)
⭐Prof Sarah Bohndiek (Cambridge)
⭐Prof Bernhard Lendl (TU Wien)
👀Look out for more updates coming soon! 👀
#Wow a 32 year old Goretex mountain jacket #SeenBetterDays Berghaus provided a free repair of the leaky seams and then unbelievably reseamed the whole coat #GoodAsNew #SustainableClothing #ThankYou #Berghaus
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October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#Wow a 32 year old Goretex mountain jacket #SeenBetterDays Berghaus provided a free repair of the leaky seams and then unbelievably reseamed the whole coat #GoodAsNew #SustainableClothing #ThankYou #Berghaus
www.berghaus.com/repairs.list
www.berghaus.com/repairs.list
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Hard plastic made from bamboo is as strong and durable as conventional plastics for uses such as household appliances and car interiors, but also recyclable and biodegrades easily in soil.
Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle
Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances
www.newscientist.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hard plastic made from bamboo is as strong and durable as conventional plastics for uses such as household appliances and car interiors, but also recyclable and biodegrades easily in soil.
Good to be at @FACCS SciX publicising SpringSciX 26 in Exeter 14-16th April @springscix2026.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Good to be at @FACCS SciX publicising SpringSciX 26 in Exeter 14-16th April @springscix2026.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
Well done England Women’s Rugby (as a Welshman) - you have been the best throughout the tournament and fully deserve to raise the Rugby World Cup 🥳💪👏
September 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well done England Women’s Rugby (as a Welshman) - you have been the best throughout the tournament and fully deserve to raise the Rugby World Cup 🥳💪👏
Amazing to be part of the crowd for the first #BritishLions test vs #Australia
July 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Amazing to be part of the crowd for the first #BritishLions test vs #Australia
Surely this must immediately be made illegal. #WelshPlayersRightsNow “The Welsh hope, Jac Morgan, has failed to make the 23. This is the first time the Lions have named a squad against Australia, New Zealand or South Africa without a Welshman since 1896.” BBC Sports #Rugby #BritishAndIrishLions
July 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Surely this must immediately be made illegal. #WelshPlayersRightsNow “The Welsh hope, Jac Morgan, has failed to make the 23. This is the first time the Lions have named a squad against Australia, New Zealand or South Africa without a Welshman since 1896.” BBC Sports #Rugby #BritishAndIrishLions
Nice to see the #RAFRedArrows with us @exeterairport
July 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Nice to see the #RAFRedArrows with us @exeterairport
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
June 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@physgal.bsky.social please help - struggling to work out how be added to science feed. Thank you
June 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
@physgal.bsky.social please help - struggling to work out how be added to science feed. Thank you
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Nick Stone from the University of Exeter takes a look at the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/harnessing...
Harnessing the power of light for healthcare – Physics World
Nick Stone discusses some of the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
physicsworld.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Nick Stone from the University of Exeter takes a look at the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/harnessing...
